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NOPD: Device found near WWII Museum was pyrotechnic device

New Orleans police determined Thursday that the device found near the National World War II Museum Wednesday night was a commercial pyrotechnic device.

The device was found at Calliope and Magazine streets about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Several streets around the area were closed as a precaution.

New Orleans Police Department spokesman Garry Flot said Thursday that the device was designed similar to a bottle rocket.

"It is ignited, goes in the air for an (aerial) fireworks display," Flot said. "The device found, appeared that it was ignited, went in the air, but did not display an (aerial) firework display and fell to the ground."

Flot said the device may have fallen out of a garbage truck or someone discarding trash.

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